Look at Me--I've Got a College Degree!!!

It finally came today. It is only an Associate's Degree and I have no idea what I will do with Liberal Arts, but at least I finally have a degree.
I guess if you want to read it you have to enlarge it.

This is the student copy of my transcript.
You will have to enlarge this too if you want to read it. I suppose none of it makes for really interesting reading. I didn't realize it until I showed it to my husband, but I graduated with "Honors". Still don't know what I'll do with it!

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad

Today would have been the 69th Anniversary of the day my parents were married. They were married November 20, 1941--Thanksgiving Day. Apparently in that year President Roosevelt felt people needed a longer time between Thanksgiving and Christmas to shop and said Thanksgiving could be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of the month or on the third, and left it up to each state to decide when they wanted to celebrate. In Maryland they celebrated Thanksgiving on the 20th. My parents then went to Florida for their Anniversary and had a second Thanksgiving because Florida elected to celebrate on the traditionl day. I know they are celebrating together now. Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad.

I've Learned Something New

I was talking to a young man in th Navy Exchange today and told him I tried to work on my blog on my iPad and the iPad would not let me type in this box. He brought up his blog on one of the iPads in the store and showed me how. Now I know how to Blog on the Go.

Newest Member of Our Family

This is Gunney. He is our English Bulldog and we have had him about six years. His right eye is fine, but Bulldogs are prone to get something called "Cherry Eye" and that is what is in the corner of his eye.

This is Meiko. He is a Red Point Siamese. We have had him about seven years. He is so lovable he can be extremely annoying. He enjoys being warm. As you can see he is wrapped up in a blanket.

This is a terrible picture of Thumbs. She is a Calico and has an extra toe on each paw. On her front paws they look like thumbs, hence her name. She is also camera shy.

This is Trixie. We've had her not quite a year. Actually we had two cats that looked exactly alike and were sisters. The other one's name was Dixie. Certainly I did not pick the names. Both cats are Bengal Mixes. Trixie likes to be up high, so I had to climb on a step stool to get this picture on top of the computer desk. As for Dixie, she has disappeared and we have no idea how, where or why. We never let them out, but apparently she got out. If she was in the house I am sure we would know.

And this is Samurai, our newest family member. He is a Shi-Pom and we have only had him a couple weeks. He terrorizes everyone else. All the cats stay up high where he can't get to them and poor Gunney can't sit or lay down without Samurai biting his toes, ears or dewlaps.

Musings

How long does one have to pay for mistakes? How can one person lie to another and think it's OK? How can people make promises they have no intention of keeping? I personally would rather someone tell me the truth, no matter how much it may hurt, than to lie to me. The lie hurts much more then the truth ever could or would. Things like you have only a few people you feel you can really depend on no matter what. They see you at your best and worst, and promise to stay right there with you. They ask you to do certain things for them and you may not really want to but you do, but they promise if you do these things they will do certain other things. Then when the time comes for them to keep their end of the deal they spit in your face and refuse to accept what you have done.You can never do enough to satisfy them or to live up to their standards. I can no longer live up to standards some people have set, so therefore I accept I will never be good enough for them to accept me. I am at an age where I am going to protect myself from the pain and disappointment of trusting others. I've learned you can't trust anyone. You go for years thinking people love you, then one day it hits you like a 2 by 4 that you are out there by yourself and your trust in others was wasted. There are just some people you can't do enough for and while you are willing to put your life on the line for them they aren't willing to keep promises they have made to you, regardless of how trivial those promises are. I guess in the end it won't matter. There are also some of us who need more support than others, more reassurance, because we have less self-esteem. There will come a time when we won't know or cared for us or who knew us, or loved us, or didn't love us or who used us to their own good. Someday no one will even remember we were here. Hopefully someday they will have the same thing happen to them so they know how it feels. Hopefully it won't be too late and everyone involved will forgive them and realize no one is perfect. Until then we are all on our own and have to learn to do without anyone to lean on. For some of us that is extremely hard to learn, especially when we feel no one else cares.

Francis Daniel Small

One year ago today my father passed away. I am probably the only one to remember and care. I do remember and I do care. I miss you dad.

Trip to Baltimore, Maryland, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and McSherrystown, Pennsylvania, October 2010

We have just returned from a trip to Baltimore. We did some things we do each time we go, but we also did some new things. The weather was beautiful and the trees had turned just enough to make it really seem like fall. We had a really nice time , visited family, did some family research and just enjoyed a wonderful vacation. My pictures are on here backwards, but for the most part it doesn't really matter. I hope you will enjoy my pictures and leave your comments. I hope you can see the fall colors and enjoy them as much as we did.

As I said earlier, my pictures are on here backwards. On the way back we stopped at JR's which is a huge warehouse type store near Selma, North Carolina. They sell everything you could possibly want--cigarettes, perfumes, books, clothing, dolls, the list is endless. This is one of the dolls we bought. This doll was inspired by the following poem by Jenny Joseph:

Warning

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.

And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves

And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter

I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired

And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells

And run my stick along the public railings

And make up for the sobriety of my youth

I shall go out in my slippers in the rain

And pick flowers in other people's gardens

And learn to spit.

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat

And eat three pounds of sausages at a go

Or only bread and pickles for a week

And hoard pens and pencils and beermats in boxes.

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry

And pay our rent and not swear in the street

And set a good example for the children.

We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?

So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised

When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

This is a smaller doll Mike bought in an antique store that matches a much larger one we bought at JRs.

This is the larger doll.


We also bought some things at home to show we are still Baltimore fans.


Although it looks blue in some of the pictures I took of it, the flamingo is actually purple.


I got a Ray Lewis Jersey.

We also went to the Utz Potato Chip Company in Pennsylvania and I got a t-shirt and Utz bear.


And I got a Ravens t-shirt and pants to wear as PJs.



On the way to and from Baltimore we stayed at a new Hilton Garden Inn in Roanoke Rapids. This is the lobby


They even had Halloween decorations in the lobby.


This is the hallway outside our room.


This was the waiting area for the elevator and behind the door was the ice machine and other snack machines.

We had a jacuzzi.


This was the living room area.


This was looking from the bedroom area to the door.

The view from our hotel window.


The front of the hotel.


As I said the hotel was brand new and there was very little around it.


We took a picture of the Marlboro sign on 95


The day we left we went to Annapolis to go to Chick and Ruth's deli.
About 45 minutes after leaving Annapolis we realized were had no idea where we were. We were in a huge traffic jam and we suddenly saw the White House in the distance. We knew we were in trouble.
This is a picture of the Lincoln Memorial.


I have no idea what this is or why I put it in here.


The Lincoln Memorial.


The Potomac River Bridge.

That's the Lincoln Memorial again behind all those trees.

The Washington Monument
Chick and Ruth's Delly in Annapolis, Maryland.

When I worked in the Comptroller's office in Annapolis, one of the other girls in my office and I used to go to Chick and Ruths frequently for lunch


The pictures on the walls are of famous people who have eaten there. The delly has sandwiches named after politicians and big name people. My favorite is the Main Street, but there were also Marvin Mandells and Louis Goldsteins when I worked in Annapolis.

Other than more pictures on the walls, new sandwiches with different names and different people working there, this delly has not changed in 40 years. The original Chick and Ruth have both passed away and now their chiildren run the store. The food is delicious and I still love going there.

The Maryland Inn in Annapolis has been there forever.

It is on the corner of Main Street and Duke of Glouster Street.

At one time, many years ago they used to have a sign in their window that they were off-limits to the Naval Academy Midshipmen.

Going towards Church Circle.

I used to work in the building behind those trees.

Entering Annapolis

Behind the trees is the Naval Academy stadium

As a kid I used to go to Ann's.

They have the best foot long hotdogs I've ever tasted.

Ann's is celebrating their 60th year in busines

A trip to Baltimore would not be complete without a trip to Rheb's canidies.

We went to dinner at an Irish Pub with my cousin Jane and her husband, Tom.

Signs at the Irish

The Irish pub.

Gaelic for Welc
The actual name of the Pub is "An Poitin Stil", but everyone calls it "The Still".

Poitin is an extremely highly alcoholic beverage brewed in Ireland.

The Still

We visited the National Shrine of Mother Elizabeth Seton.

She is the first American Saint, and founded the Sisters of Charity.

Mother Seton Shrine

This is the first statue of Mother Seton erected in the United States. It was blessed on September 27, 1950, by Bishop John M. McNamara, Auxillary Bishop of Washington, and unveiled by Francesca Senese-Santoponte of Leghorn, great-great ggranddaughter of Antonio Filicchi. It was transferred to this site in 1980.

Elizabeth Bayley was born to a wealthy family in New York. Eventually she fell in love with and married William Seton. They had several chidren, but then William's business and health failed. They moved to Italy and stayed with Antono Fillicchi and his family. William eventually died and Elizabeth came back to New York. Her children were grown and she decided to become Catholic and to enter the convent. All of her friends and family abandoned her, but Antonio Fillicchi remained supportive of her .

Statue of Mother Elizabeth Seton.

This is the new Utz building and where they make Utz Potato chips, and other snacks. You can tour the place, but it was getting late and we didn't take the tour.

The Utz Manufacturing Company.

The old Utz Building is only a couple blocks away from the new building. The old building now houses an outlet store for their products.

The old Utz Building.

We went to a small town in Pennsylvania named McSherrystown.

My great grandfather had a sister who became a nun. Family lore had it she was a Sister of Charity and was in Emmetsburg and my great grandfather used to take my grandmother to see her. She was also said to have taught at St. Joseph's Academy in McSherrystown. We found St. Joseph's and went to the convent and told the nuns what we were looking for. They told us she was probably buried in the cemetery on the grounds.

We found the cemetery with no problem. It is a small cemetery with only about 60 graves in it.

The nuns told me they are planning to do some renovations starting in the spring of 2011.

All of the headstones are very old. I was told they used other cemeteries in the area now.

And in the back, the next to last row, second headstone in, we found Sister Mary Peter Farrell.

On the way home we rode up to Sabillasville.

At one time this was known as the Maryland TB Hospital.

My grandfather (my mother's father) had TB and spent a lot of time here.

Most of it is now closed and boarded up.

There is a part still open and it is known as the Victor Cullen Center, named after a former Maryland Medical Examiner.

The part of the buildings that are used is a school for deliquent boys.

As we sat in the car I could imagine my grandfather walking the grounds of the hospital and wanting to come home to his family.

When we went to Pennsylvania we crossed the Mason-Dixon Line. Maryland is below the Mason-Dixon Line and is the northern-most southern state.

We also went to Gettysburg Battlefield. This is the monument to the 15th and 50th New York Engineers.

This is an explanation of the Pensylvannia State Memorial.

1. Goddess of Victory and Peace by Philadelphia sculptor Samuel Murray. The Colossal bronze figure holds the sword of victory and the palm branch of peace.

2. Above the triumphal arches are massive granite bas-reliefs by Samuel Murray representing the infantry, artillery, cavalry and the signal corps.

3. The names of the disguinshed Pennsylvania generals who commanded an army, corps, or division at Gettysburg are inscribed in the cornice. Brigade commanders are recorded inside the arches.

4. Between the Ionic columns stand heroic-scale bronze statues of President Abraham Lincoln,

Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin, and six Pennsylvania Generals: Meade, Reynolds, Hancock, Pleasanton, Birney, and Gregg.

5. Bronze tablets bear the names and ranks of every Pennsylvania soldier who participated in the Battle of Gettysburg. Each tablet represents a regiment (about 400 officers and men). Names of soldiers who were killed are preceded with a star.

On September 27, 1910, Pennsylvanians who had fought at Gettysburg returned for the dedication of this memorial in their honor. Built of Mt. Airy granite, it stands 110 feet high, weighs 3,840 tons, and can be seen from many parts of the battlefield. It is Gettysburg's largest monument.
Listed on 90 bronze tablets along the base are the names of each of the 34,530 Pennsylvania soldiers who participated in the battle.

Pennsylvania also erected 123 regimental monuments at other locations on the battlefield. The southern states did not provide monuments for each regiment, but honored their sons with statewide memorials, many of which may be seen along West Confederate Avenue.

"Today we dedicate a memorial erected by the commonwealth as an enduring mark of love and appreciation for all the soldiers of Pennsylvania who fought here."

The Pennsylvania State Memorial

The State of New York, in recognition of the service rendered by those Corps, Division, and Brigade Commanders at Gettysburg not elsewhere honored on this field.

Patrick Kelly

Colonel

88th NY Volunteers

Commanding

2nd Brig, 1st Div., 2nd Corps

Daniel Edgar Sickles Major General

U.S. Volunteers

Commanding

Third Corps

Army of the Potomac

Third Corps

Artillery Brigade

New Jersey Light Artillery

Six 10 Pounder Parrotts

Captain A. Judson Clark Commanding

July 2 Engaged in the acgtion in a field near the Peach Orchard. Retired to the rear about 6:30 p.m. for want of support

July 3 In line here with the Artillery Brigade during the heavy cannonading and the charge and repulse of Longstreet's assult but was not engaged

Casualties July 2nd Killed 1 man Wounded 16 men Missing 3 men Total 20

New York Auxillary Monument --created to honor all New Yorkers from the rank of Major to Major-General who commanded units at Gettysburg.

The Trostle House

The Trostle family had to leave their home because of the fighting. When they returned the home was ruined, their belongings gone. When family petitioned the government for compensation, Major George Bell, Depot Quartermaster, Washington D.C. determined that the "losses sustained by the claimant on this case are in the nature of damages and are, therefore, not entitled to consideration under the (Compensation) Law of July 4, 1864. The farm was sold in January 1899 to the U.S. Government for $4500.00.

Ninth Massachusetts Battery

Cannon

Sickles Avenue

116th Pennsylvania Infantry

2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps

The Loop

22nd Massachusetts Infantry

2nd Andrews Sharpshooters (Massachusetts)

Irish Wolfhound on the Irish Brigade Memorial.

Symbols of the 69th New York Infantry and the 88th New York Infantry

Top of the Irish Brigade Memorial.

Symbol of Ireland on the Irish Brigade Memoria

5th Mechanical Infantry

Third Brigade

First Division

Third Corps

Irish Brigade Memorial

Army of the Potomac

Second Corps, First Division

Third Brigade

Brig. General Samuel K. Zook

Lieut. Col. John Frasier

52d, 57th, 66th New York

140th Pennsylvania Infantry

July 2 Arrived early in the morning and formed on right of Second Brigade on line from Cemetery Hill to Round Top. Between 5 and 6 p.m. advanced with division to left and entered the Wheatfield and the woods on its right in line of battle, forcing the Confederates through the field and the woods to the further end. Brig. Gen. Zook fell mortally wounded in this advance, the brigade being on the right of Division, it extended to an open field on the west. The line of Third Corps on the Emmitsburg Road, having been forced back, and the Division being flanked by superior forces on its right and left. The Brigade returned with the Division and resumed position in line with the Corps.

July 3 Constructed entrenchments and held the position until the close of the battle.

Casualties Killed 7 Officers 42 Men Wounded 18 Officers 209 Men Captured or missing 4 Officers 78 Men Total 308

14th New York Ind'pt battery

In memory of Capt. James Mc.K. Rorty and four men who fell at the bloody angle July 3, 1863. The battery was mustered in December 9, 1861 as part of the Irish Brigade. It was detached there from and at Gettysburg was consolodated Battery B 1st NY Artillery.

The Brigade entered the battle under command of Colonel Patrick Kelly, 330 strong, of which this contigent, composing three batallions of two companies each, numbered 240 men. The original strength of these Batallions was 3,000 men. The Brigade participated with great credit to itself and the race it represented in every battle of Army of the Potomac in which the Second Corps was engaged from Fair Oaks, June 1, 1862 to Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865.

This is the Irish Wolfhound on the Irish Brigade Memorial. The handwriting is that of the sculptor and says:

This--in the matter of size and structure truthfully represents the Irish Wolf-hound, a dog which has been extinct for more than a hundred years. William Rudolph O'Donovon

Casualties.
63--5 killed, 10 wounded, 8 missing

69--5 killed, 14 wounded, 6 missing

88--7 killed, 17 wounded, 4 missing

63, 69, 88 New York Infantry--The Irish Brigade

Second Brigade, First Division, Second Corps

July 2, 1863, 6 P.M.

Irish Brigade Memorial

The Irish Brigade Memorial

5 New Hampshire 1 Battery 1 Cavalry

On this spot fell mortally wounded Edward E. Cross, Col. 5th New Hampshire Volunteers, Comdr. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps July 2, 1863

148th Pennsylvania Infantry

1st Brig., 1st Div. 2d Corps

Recruted in Centre, Clarion, Indiana and Jefferson Counties. Organized September 1, 1862. Mustered out June 1, 1865

Total Enrollment 1370

Killed and died of wounds 13 Officers, 190 men

Died of Disease, etc. 4 Officers 170 Men

Wounded 28 Officers 512 Men

Captured or missing 4 Officers 168 Men

Total 1089

The regiment engaged the enemy on the position on the afternoon of July 2d, 1863

Present at Gettysburg 468 Officers and men

Killed and died of wounds 2 Officers 25 Men

Wounded 5 Officers 88 men

Captured or missing 5 men

Total 125

148th Pennsylvania Infantry

The One Hundred and Twentieth New York Infantry

Held this part of the line on the Second Day of July, 1863

Present for duty:

30 Officers, 397 Men total 427.

Casualties

From the War Departmewnt:

Killed in Battle

6 Officers 25 Men

Wounded

10 Officers 144 Men

Missing 17, Total 204

A Final Tribute

More than 3,000 Marylanders served on both sides of the conflict at the Battle of Gettysburg. They could be found in all branches of the Army from the rank of Private to Major General and on all parts of the battlefield. Brother against brother would be their legacy, particularly on the slopes of Culp's Hill. This memorial symbolizes the aftermath of that battle and the war. Brothers again, Marylanders all.

in defense of the causes they held so dear.

Participating Maryland Commands:

Union

1st Eastern Shore Infantry

1st Potomac Home Brigade Infantry

3rd Infantry

1st Cavalry

Co. A Purnell Legion Cavalry

Battery A 1st Artillery

Confederate

2nd Infantry

1st Cavalry

1st Artillery

2nd Artillery (Baltimore Light)

4th Artillery (Chesapeake)

Maryland State Monument

New York Infantry

3rd Brigade

2nd Division

2nd Corps

Cannon

Phila. Brigade

2nd Division

2d Corps

69. Regt.

Penna. Vols.

July 2, 3

1863

This position was held by the 69th Pa. Vols. July 2nd and 3rd 1863.

Late on the afternoon of the 2nd, the regiment assisted in repulsing a desparate attack made by Wright's Ca. Brigade.

About 10 o'clock P.M. of the 3rd these lines were subjected to an artillery fire from nearly 150 guns, lasting over one hour, after which Pickett's division charged this position, was repulsed and nearly anniliated. The contest on the left and central of this regiment, for a time, being hand to hand of the regimental commanders attached but remained unhurt. Genl. Carnett was killed, Genl. Kemper desperately woounded. Genl. Armestead, after crossing the stone wall above the right of this command--2 companies of which charged front to oppose them, fell mortally wounded. A number of Confederaltes where picked on the front after the battle.

The Angle--A point in the Union Line where it formed a 90-degree angle.

Army of the Potomac

Second Corps

Artillery Brigade

Capt. John G. Hazard

1st NY Battery B Four 10 Pounders

Lieut. Albert S. Sheldon Capt. James M. Rorty

Lieut. Robert E. Rogers

1st Rhode Island Battery B Four 12 Pounders

Lieut. T. Frederick Brown Lieut. Wm. S. Perrin

1st U.S. Battery I Six 12 pounders

Lieut George A. Woodruff Lieut Tully McCrea

4th U.S. Battery A six 3 inch Rifles

Lieut. Alonzo H. Cushing Serct. Frederick Fuger

July 1 Marched from Uniontown, Md. at 2 P.M. Went into position at 11 P.M. on the Taneytown Road, Three miles from Gettysburg

July 2 Moved with the Corps at daylight and went into position on the Corps battle line in the order from right to left as mentioned. The Batteries were engaged towards night with some loss.

July 3 Engaged with the Confederate Artillery in front at 8 A.M. and along the whole line at 1 P.M. and assisted in repulsing Longstreet's assult in the afternoon.

Casualties: Killed 3 Officers, 24 men Wounded 5 Officers 114 Men Captured or Missing 3 Men Total 149

Cannon

42nd New York Infantry

3rd Brigade

2nd Division

2nd Corps

Tammany Regiment

The Tammany Society became involved in recruiting a regiment which fought near the Copse of Trees the afternoon of July 3. Perhaps the most controversial regimental monument, it features a large bronze wigwam and a statue of an Indian Warrior, Chief Tamenend. Tamenend was the leading Chief of the Delaware Indians when the Colony of Pennsylvania was originally settled. His bravery, skills, courage and diplomacy were legendary. Tammany Societies were formed in several areas, the one in New York dating from 1786. Originally a patriotic and charitable organization, it eventually became associated with party politics. When the Society organized the 42nd New York it was quickly known as the "Tammany Regiment", and its members were called braves.

15th Massachusetts Monument

Not sure who this monument is for.

Army of the Potomac

Second Corps

Second Division

Brig. General John Giggon Brig, General William Harrow

First Brigade Brig. Gen. A. S. Webb

Third Brigade Col. N. J. Hall One Co. Mass. Sharpshooters

July 2 Arrived between 6 and 7 A. M. and went into position on line between Cemetery Hill and Rund Top. Third Division on right and First Division on left. Second Brigade constituting the right, third brigade the left and First Brigade in reserve.

Sharp Skirmishing continued through the day and artillery fire at intervals until near sunset when the Third Corps having been driven back.Wright's Georgia Brigade furiously attacked the division and was repulsed with loss including many prisoners. The Twelfth Corps coming to the support of the left.

July 3 Artillery firing until 9 A.M. and sharp skirmishing during the day. At 1 P.M. Confederates concentrated the fire of over 100 guns. On the second and third divisions and after two hours of uninterrupted firing charged with a force of over 15,000 infantry which repulsed with great loss of life, prisoners and flags. The Division remained in position with no further engagements than skirmish firing.

Casulties, including Division Staff and unattached troops--Killed 25 Officers, 319 Men; Wounded 105 Officers, 1097 Men; Captured or missing6 Officers 95 Men; Total 1,647.

Pennsylvania State Memorial

Army of the Potomac

Engineer Brigade
Brig. Gen. Harry W. Benham

15th New York (3 Companies)

Major Walter Casun

50th New York

Col. William H. Peters

United States Batallion

Capt. George H. Mendell

Engaged in arduous duty from June 13 to July 18, 1863

bridging rivers and transporting pontoons to enable the Army to cross the Potomac River and it tributaries into Pennsylvania and to recross into Virginia.

Army of the Potomac

United States Batallion of Engineers

Capt. George H. Mendell Commanding

With the Army of the Potomac in the Gettysburg Campaign from the Rappahannock to the Potomac and Engaged in arduous duties from June 13th to July 18th bridging rivers and transporting pontoons.

No casualties reported

Army of the Potomac

Cavalry Corps Horse Artillery

First Brigade

Capt. James M. Robertson

9th Michigan Battery

Capt. Jahez J. Daniels

July 3rd engaged on Cemetery Ridge south of Pleasonton Avenue

Subject to the orders of Major Gen. J. Newton

6th New York Battery

Capt. Joseph W. Martin

In Reserve

2d U.S. Batteries B and L

Lieut. Edmund Heston

In Reserve

2d U.S. Battery M

Lieut. A. C. M. Pennington, Jr.

July 3d With the cavalry on the right

4th U.S. Battery E

Lieut. Samuel S. Elder

July 3d With First Brigade Third Division on the Left

Casualties Killed 2 Men Wounded 1 Officer, 5 Men Total 8

Gettysburg Address

Nearby, Nov. 19, 1863, in dedicating the National Cemetery, Abraham Lincoln gave the address which he had written in Washington and revised after his arrival at Gettysburg the evening of Nov. 18.

Beginning with this picture,there are several pictures of scenery. There are some from Western Maryland, in the foothills of the Pocono Mountains. Others were taken at the Gettysburg Battlefield and in the area of Pennsylvania around the Battlefield. Some were taken as we drove along the highways between here and Maryland and where ever we went in Maryland and Pennsylvania.

The colors were fantastic

Even driving along the highway. Look At that beautiful sky!

More from the car.

Even more from the car=

Look at that red tree--it was georgous

I think this was at the Mother Seton Shrine

This was at a rest stop on the way to Maryland

Beautiful yellow tree

This sunflower was at the Shrine of Mother Seton. I love Sunflowers.

You can see this was taken from inside the car on our way to Pennsylvania.

Another picture taken from inside the car.

Is that red tree not georgous????

Some of the trees were partly changed, but even they were pretty.

The evening skies cooperated.

Everywhere we went it was just beautiful.

Like I said, some trees were partially turned, but they still looked so pretty and made it really feel like fall.

Yellows, reds, golds were everywhere.

I felt so much like I was at home and loved all the color and cool air and no humidity.

The trees were absolutely beautiful

No matter where you looked

In the distance are the Pocono Mountains

More of the Poconos and farmland.

More farmland.

Farmland

More farmland

The weather was beautiful. We only had one day of rain, and it was cool enough to require a light jacket or sweater.

Beautiful

Farmland

As before, even the skies cooperated.

More color

More color close up

This was on the Gettysburg Battlefield.

I think if you enlarge this picture you will see the color in that line of trees

Both sides of the road was nothing but color

St. Alphonsus Church, Baltimore

St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, Baltimore

Steeple of St. Alphonsus

St. Alphonsus Church

St. Alphonsus Catholic church
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Doorway to St. Alphonsus

Catherine Fahey Wimpling had a boarding house here at one time

1018 Pratt Street, Baltimore where Catherine Fahey Wimpling had a boarding house

The cellar leading down into Catherine Fahey Wimpling's house on Pratt Street.

1002 Pratt Street where Catherine Fahey Wimpling also lived at one time.

Catherine Fahey Wimpling's house at 1002 Pratt Street, Baltimore.

The red house on the left was where Joseph Wimmpling and his wife Alice lived. Joseph was my grandfather's brother.

The house with the fence in front used to have a chain link fence. It was alled the "Garden House" by the neighbors because there was a garden in the front yard

This was Uncle Joe's and Aunt Alice's house on Carey Street, Uncle George and Aunt Agnes lived across the street at 113 South Carey (Uncle George was my grandmother's brother) and my grandmother lived at 109 South Carey Street

Uncle Joe's and Aunt Alice's house on Carey Street

As we were driving around one day we saw the National Bohemian Brewery

This was one of their slogans.

Colt 45 was their Malt Liquor

Stag was another of their beverages.

That's Nattie Boh on the top of the building.

National Boh came from "the land of pleasant living".

Lager Building

The front of the National Boh Buiding

Natty Boh

Natty Boh at Canton Station

Natty Boh

Natty Boh Tower